Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san

Richard Chamberlain

Lord Toranaga

Toshirô Mifune

Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko

Yoko Shimada

Lord Yabu

Frankie Sakai

Vasco Rodrigues

John Rhys-Davies

Father Dell'Aqua

Alan Badel

Father Alvito

Damien Thomas

Friar Domingo

Michael Hordern

Captain Ferriera

Vladek Sheybal

Omi

Yuki Megoro

Omi

Yûki Meguro

Nobo Kaneko

Lord Ishido

Lord Buntarō

Hideo Takamatsu

Johann Vinck

George Innes

Ishido

Nobuo Kaneko

Fujiko

Hiromi Senno

Father Sebastio

Leon Lissek

Brother Michael

Masumi Okada

Urano

Takeshi Ohbayashi

Pieterzoon

Edward Peel

Narrator

Orson Welles

Maetsukker

Eric Richard

Urano

Takeshi Ôbayashi

Galley Captain

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Steve Ubels

Stewart MacKenzie

Old Gardener

Akira Sera

Ginsel

John J. Carney

Lady Ochiba

Atsuko Sano

Ian Jentle

Kiri

Miiko Taka

Spillbergen

Neil McCarthy

Specz

William Morgan Sheppard

Mika Kitagawa

Muraji

Seiji Miyaguchi

Hiromatsu

Tôru Abe

Naga

Shin Takuma

Zataki

Yōsuke Natsuki

Hyoei Enoki

Rako

Ai Matsubara

Midori Takei

Yumiko Mirishita

Narrator

Anne Bancroft

Rin'ichi Yamamoto

Yuko Kada

Yoshie Kitsuda

Masashi Ebara

Setsuko Sekine

Stephen K. Hayes

Director

Jerry London